Oh, if we reduced the population to say 100,000 worldwide retained high technology and were very careful we could probably do it, for a few thousand years, anyway.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- P. J. Alling wrote: > That's a bullshit statement. Sustainability is a myth. > > > William Robb wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "P. J. Alling" >> Subject: Re: Global warming was: The Nine-spotted >> >> >> >>> Sadly most people don't seem to understand supply and demand. It's all >>> a matter of cost. When prices rise high enough for a commodity suitable >>> replacements are found, or if a less costly alternative exists the >>> substitution will begin if prices simply stay the same. Oil was >>> substituted for Coal because total costs of using it for energy were >>> lower. Something will be substituted for Oil when either of those two >>> conditions is met. It's quite likely that the US will go back to Coal >>> for a while, (the US is the Saudi Arabia of Coal), abet with new plants >>> being much cleaner than the old, but the price of Oil in real terms will >>> have to be much higher than it is now. >>> >> Supply and demand economic models aren't based on sustainability, and as a >> consequence aren't based on intelligence. >> >>> No matter what is causing global warming, (and if it's man made, all the >>> CO2 models, flawed though they may be, show that cutting back on >>> emissions is way to late to make a difference in the short to mid >>> term). Rich societies have a much better chance of mitigating any >>> untoward effects of global temperature rises than poor ones, so given >>> that the changes are coming and we can't stop them, it's best to not do >>> anything that will make any societies poorer. Unfortunately most if not >>> all of the prescriptions to "fix" global warming will do just that. >>> >>> >> I wouldn't have believed that the best advice a supposedly educated person >> can give as a solution is to race hell bent for the precipice if I han't >> read your post. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
